Robert Sangster later recounted how he then poured himself a ‘generous glass’ of Roederer Cristal champagne, “and I inhaled it as if it was draft lager, and I kept on saying over and over, ‘I like it John. I like it. I really like it.’” It sounds like a scene from a film where the plot is about to go into overdrive. For the young John Magnier, it was the eureka moment. But how exactly did he set a cunning plan in motion that would pave the way for his envious billionaire bloodstock empire? What did he see in America that Ireland sorely lacked? And, given his recent and chastening high-profile defeat in court, what is the ultimate legacy for the man who changed horse-racing in this country forever? On this episode of The Indo Daily, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Sunday Independent journalist Liam Collins to profile the early days of Magnier and examine how one of our most intriguing and reclusive figures built his fortune. This episode of The Indo Daily was first released in January 2026 The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ireland sits at the heart of the world’s digital economy, with most transatlantic data cables passing through or close to its waters. But is Ireland prepared to protect the infrastructure that keeps businesses, banks and public services connected? Today's episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by The Big Tech Show, as Adrian Weckler is joined by Fearghal O’Connor, Chief Business Writer with the Irish Independent, to examine growing concerns over Ireland’s maritime security.  The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“I would class it as a form of grooming, that day in 2016 when we met at the GPA dinner and he gave me his whole life story. He was setting me up for the future and he put me into his diary, and he hit me up seven years after.” The words of businessman Noel Tynan, who loaned DJ Carey €10,000 for what he claimed was life-saving cancer treatment in America. But how did DJ’s stories about his health make it into the mainstream media? And what about DJ’s former partner Sarah Newman? How did she find out about his lies? Today on The Indo Daily, we bring you the final episode of our DJ Carey series and look at how his lies finally caught up with him, but there would be a last-minute twist to the story that nobody saw coming... This episode of The Indo Daily was first released in November 2025. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the mid-2000s and hurler DJ Carey is still playing at the top of his game for Kilkenny. He’s divorced from his wife Christine but is in a new relationship with the multi-millionaire Dragons’ Den star, Sarah Newman. They’re one of the Celtic Tiger’s golden couples, and Carey is fast becoming famous for his off-the-pitch activities. He is living the high life, owning several properties in some of the most exclusive addresses in Ireland and abroad. But not everything was as perfect as it appeared. The financial crash of 2008 hit the country hard, and Carey was not immune to the global meltdown. His businesses were coming under strain, as was his relationship with Sarah Newman, and soon stories about Carey’s health would circulate privately - stories that Carey would tell sympathetic people as he convinced them to part with their money. Today on The Indo Daily, we bring you the second episode from our special three-part documentary on the rise and fall of DJ Carey. This episode of The Indo Daily was first released in November 2025. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you asked people to name the biggest stars in Irish sporting history, Rory McIlroy, Katie Taylor and Brian O’Driscoll would be at the top of many lists – and, up until recently, many people would have gone for hurling legend DJ Carey. The former Kilkenny and GAA icon is no longer famous for his sporting prowess alone. Instead, he is currently serving a prison sentence for fraud and deception that nobody could have predicted just a few years ago. But how did DJ Carey go from a titan of Ireland’s favourite game to a convicted criminal? Today on The Indo Daily we bring you the first episode from our special three-part documentary on the rise and fall of DJ Carey. This episode of The Indo Daily was first released in November 2025. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Everybody was interested in the case, and everybody wanted to know what was happening.” That’s former RTÉ legal affairs editor Mary Wilson's recollection of reporting live on the Catherine Nevin trial back in 2000, after the violent killing of publican Tom Nevin in March 1996. “I’d walk from the Four Courts to Tara Street to get a Dart home in the evenings, and people were shouting at me out of car windows and shouting at me from trucks: ‘Any sign of a verdict? What’s going on?’," Wilson says. The media sensation that accompanied the trial was unlike anything Ireland had seen before. Speaking on the Indo Daily podcast, Wilson remembers someone describing it as like having a novel read aloud to you in court. And that was before Catherine Nevin herself took to the stand. “To say she wasn’t a good witness in her own defence is an understatement,” says Wilson. “[It was] all so bizarre that you look back on it and say; ‘What was she thinking?’.” On the second episode of this two-part Indo Daily special, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined in-studio by Mary Wilson as they look back at how one of the country’s most notorious murder cases gripped the nation, and ask: why do we remain so fascinated with the ‘Black Widow’ today? This episode of The Indo Daily was first released in March 2026. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daniel Kinahan sounded bemused when he described the frenzy around his life as “movie stuff”, but the scenes that accompanied his trip back to Ireland were undeniably cinematic. A trip on a €53m government jet that was tracked by the public in real-time, a ring of steel around parts of Dublin as he was escorted in a bomb-proof convoy, and a long-awaited appointment at the Criminal Courts of Justice. Perhaps the most surprising aspect, however, was the alleged criminal kingpin’s affable back and forth with the judge. So, where does Daniel Kinahan go from here? The Irish Independent’s news and security correspondent, Robin Schiller, was present to see it all unfold. He joins host Kevin Doyle on this Extra episode of The Indo Daily to break it down. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At around 4.30am on March 19, 1996, a panic alarm alerted gardaí to a disturbance at Jack White’s Inn near Brittas Bay in Co Wicklow. Arriving at the scene, the guards discovered Tom Nevin dead in the kitchen of his pub in what initially appeared to be a robbery gone wrong. The place was in disarray and Mr Nevin had been shot dead at close range. His wife, Catherine Nevin, was found nearby, behind the hall door of the pub, her hands tied with a dressing gown cord. She would claim that a hooded man had threatened her with a weapon as she slept, tied her up, ransacked the area in search of money and valuables, and murdered her husband in the process. One part of her story would turn out to be true – her husband was indeed murdered, but his grieving widow was not the innocent bystander she claimed to be. Thirty years on from the killing, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Mary Wilson, former RTÉ legal affairs editor and host of Drivetime and Morning Ireland, on the first of a two-part Indo Daily special to look back at the emergence of one of Ireland’s most notorious criminals; The Black Widow. This episode of The Indo Daily was first released in March 2026. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Work/life balance’ is a phrase that gets thrown about a lot – but what does it really mean? And how far would you be willing to go to achieve that balance in reality? Today's episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast Money Talks, as Katie Byrne is joined by Anne Sheeran, a ‘de-influencer’ who put her money where her mouth is by taking a pay cut that allowed her to work a four-day week.  Sheeran shares updates on her lifestyle and the challenges posed by her schedule on her TikTok and Instagram accounts. She tells Katie why she'd choose a four-day work week over a luxury seven-day trip with her family. The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation of any investment product. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daniel Kinahan is languishing behind bars in Dubai as he awaits extradition to Ireland, but the exiled cartel boss is speaking out – as a podcast guest. ­ Having famously teased a previous audio sit-down with Kinahan that never made it to air, broadcaster James English insists he finally has a world exclusive, and a box-office one at that. ­ English has released snippets of the apparently forthcoming interview, in which Kinahan states that he believes he’s “already got life in prison”, that he expects to receive “character assassination”, and that he doesn’t have “a hope of getting a fair trial”. ­ Kinahan also alluded to potential attempts on his life while in custody. ­ On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Katie Byrne is joined by Crime World journalist Neil Fetherstonhaugh to look at how a PR machine runs in the criminal underworld, and Daniel Kinahan’s latest attempt to control his narrative. ­ The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.